Category Archives: Africa Tech

Although there are some marked differences between African Millennials and their American counterparts, they share a certain sentiment towards personal banking. In Nairobi, the Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) recognizes that long queues, red tape, and triplicate banking forms are not in the best interest of this customer segment—i.e. account holders born in the 1980s and…

Earth is truly an amazing place, and mankind has traditionally viewed it through one perspective: the earth’s surface. NASA is changing that with their recent release of thousands of aerials, specifically of Africa’s geography. Africa is one of the largest continents on the planet, full of diverse geography, amazing ecosystems, large cities and…

Modern technology has surely improved the lives of millions, with smartphone apps that help manage your finances or health, and even ones to help with tracking your children to ensure they are safe, the smartphone age has taken the world by storm. Kenya is falling into another smartphone craze—online gambling. With the easy- to-access dealer…

Telkom Kenya, the powerhouse landline service provider in Kenya, has announced its plan to launch digital services to its customers—specifically, free Wi-Fi. The company has teamed up with the Ministry of ICT and the National Constituency Development Fund to install 1160 constituency hubs, which equates to four per constituency. The goal is to create hotspots…

One of the most prolific technology entrepreneurs of all time is now venturing into high-level medical research to connect the human brain directly with computers by means of neural lace, which would allow a next-generation interface to ostensibly upload information to our minds. If the above premise sounds too much like science fiction, you may…

Solar power is quickly expanding across Africa with solutions that are accelerating the pace of development in several nations. Such is the case in the municipality of George, a township where the sun provides electricity to an entire airport. From the control tower to the passenger terminal and from ticketing systems to duty-free shops…

As an important aspect of public health, sexual education is something that should be addressed by all societies, particularly in rapidly developing nations such as the Republic of Kenya. At the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, software developers have created SophieBot, a mobile app that is being described as the Apple Siri…

There was a time when a new product release announcement by tech giant Apple was cause for major celebration; those were the magical days when the strong stagecraft of the late Steve Jobs made international headlines as he introduced the latest iPhone or iPad. These days, rumors of three new iPad models recently got…

Enhanced Internet Access in Kenya Kenya recently announced an ambitious program to use digital resources to generate income opportunities for thousands of young people. The Ajira Digital Initiative plans to introduce teens to useful internet training platforms and job portals. Kenya hopes to train up to a million young people to freelance online in…

Nji Collins Gbah, a 17-year-old student from Cameroon, is the latest winner of the Google Code-In Challenge, an annual contest that encourages young students around the world to show off their programming skills. Nji has certainly made his nation proud by becoming the first African to earn this prestigious award; moreover, he did so…